--- title: On the first Sunday he called the Pope in, had a Mass said for his p… — Russian Folk-Tales · tree and pragmatics description: On the first Sunday he called the Pope in, had a Mass said for his parents, chanted a prayer to St. Nicholas the Wonder-Worker, and took the image into the shop, so that he might gaze at it constantly; and thereafter, whenever he went into the shop, he used first of all to pray before the image, and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/21/52/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Russian Folk-Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/) / [Opening, part 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/21/) / 52 # Russian Folk-Tales, Opening, part 21, sentence 52 On the first Sunday he called the Pope in, had a Mass said for his parents, chanted a prayer to St. Nicholas the Wonder-Worker, and took the image into the shop, so that he might gaze at it constantly; and thereafter, whenever he went into the shop, he used first of all to pray before the image, and afterwards he began to trade. **Who acts:** Iván, Mass · **What happens:** call, have, say, chant, take, gaze · **To what, where:** Pope, prayer, Nicholas, image, shop · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Opening, part 21. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Iván, Mass), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg62509:21:52 # text = On the first Sunday he called the Pope in, had a Mass said for his parents, chanted a prayer to St. Nicholas the Wonder-Worker, and took the image into the shop, so that he might gaze at it constantly; and thereafter, whenever he went into the shop, he used first of all to pray before the image, and afterwards he began to trade. 1 On on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 4 amod _ _ 4 Sunday Sunday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Pope Pope PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 in in ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 Mass mass NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 ccomp _ _ 15 for for ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 chanted chant VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 prayer prayer NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 St. St. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nmod:desc _ _ 24 Nicholas Nicholas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 26 Wonder Wonder PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 27 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 Worker Worker PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 parataxis _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 image image NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 into into ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 shop shop NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 42 mark _ _ 39 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 fixed _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 gaze gaze VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ _ 43 at at ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obl _ _ 45 constantly constantly ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ; ; PUNCT : _ 52 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 thereafter thereafter ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 50 whenever whenever ADV WRB PronType=Rel 52 advmod _ _ 51 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 52 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 53 into into ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 shop shop NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 57 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 58 used use VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 conj _ _ 59 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 58 advmod _ _ 60 of of ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 61 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 58 obl _ _ 62 to to PART TO _ 63 mark _ _ 63 pray pray VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 58 advcl _ _ 64 before before ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 image image NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 67 , , PUNCT , _ 71 punct _ _ 68 and and CCONJ CC _ 71 cc _ _ 69 afterwards afterwards ADV RB _ 71 advmod _ _ 70 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 71 nsubj _ _ 71 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 conj _ _ 72 to to PART TO _ 73 mark _ _ 73 trade trade VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 71 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 74 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** *speech: assert* | past | Iván | | the Pope | | sunday | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent pope=Recipient | | 2 | **have** | past | Iván *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | a Mass | | | | | for Iván's parents | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **chant** | past | a Mass *not said here* | a prayer | Nicholas St. | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent prayer=Topic to nicholas=Recipient | | 5 | **take** | past | | the image | | the shop | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent image=Theme into shop=Destination | | 6 | **gaze** | might | Iván | | | | | at image; constantly *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at it=Theme | | 7 | **go** | past | Iván | | | the shop | | thereafter, whenever *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into shop=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **use** | past | Iván | | | | | of all; first *property* | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **pray** | to-infinitive | Iván *not said here* | | | | before the image | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 10 | **begin** | past | Iván | | | | | afterwards *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 11 | **trade** | to-infinitive | Iván *not said here* | | | | | | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «Russian Folk-Tales» by A. N. Afanas'ev, Project Gutenberg book 62509 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/21/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/21/53/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62509/21/)